Wilden
Wilden may refer to:
Wilden, Worcestershire
Coordinates: 52°21′01″N 2°15′30″W / 52.35029°N 2.25834°W
Wilden is a small village about 1 mile north east of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. It was originally part of the parish of Hartlebury, but became a separate parish in the late 19th century, before becoming part of Stourport.
It is in the Stour valley and both the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal pass through the parish before joining the River Severn at Stourport. There are the remains of a lock at Pratt's Wharf (misnamed Platt's Wharf by the Ordnance Survey) on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, connecting the canal with the river. This enabled canal barges to use the River Stour to deliver timber to a steam saw-mill in Wilden. Later it was used to transport coal and iron to the Wilden Works. The wharf was built by Isaac Pratt from Henwick, Worcester in 1835. He is described as a businessman and a merchant. There were two houses at Pratt's Wharf, one occupied by a lock keeper and the other by a clerk. The link was closed c1950.
Wilden (Kent cricketer)
Wilden (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played in major cricket matches for Kent in 1751.
Career
Wilden played in two major matches in 1751 for Kent against the All-England Eleven. On 20 and 21 May, he was a member of the Kent team that lost by 9 runs at the Artillery Ground. A return match was arranged at the same venue on 22 May and All-England won by an innings and 9 runs, with Wilden again a member of the Kent team.
Wilden is only recorded on those two occasions and it is not known if he played regularly in earlier and later seasons. Players were rarely mentioned by name in contemporary reports and there are no other known references to Wilden.
